RQ10744 Program Manager Senior

Application Rationalization within Health Services Cluster:

• Review the current inventory of HSC applications to determine relevancy to the rationalization initiative. Assess each application for strategic fit privacy/security cost model operational risk and technical condition.
  
• Working with HSC Directors conduct assessments of applications in scope to pinpoint candidates for consolidation modernization or retirement based on technical functional and business value criteria.
  
• Working with HSC Directors develop recommendations leveraging standardized recommendations (ex. Re-architect / Maintain / Replace/Modernize / Expand Functionality) for senior leadership review and approval.
  
• Working with HSC Directors develop an actionable overarching milestone-based implementation plan to optimize the application portfolio including timelines resource needs and performance indicators. Note: Directors will be accountable for individual project plans to execute on rationalization outputs.
  
• Manage and monitor the overall milestone-based implementation plan making sure it aligns with strategic goals and that all milestones are completed responsibly.
  
• Provide regular updates and progress reports to executive leadership and stakeholder groups ensuring transparency and accountability for all milestones. Identify risks and develop mitigation strategies to address them proactively.
  
• Develop benefit realization framework and metrics to measure benefits efficiencies and savings. Provide reporting on the achievement of benefits efficiencies and savings.
  
• Facilitate effective communication among all stakeholders ensuring that objectives timelines and changes are clearly conveyed.
  
• Work with health sector delivery partners as required.
  
• Work closely with GovTechON Enterprise Architecture to ensure alignment to the OPS Target State Architecture.
  

External Service Delivery Program Management:

• Coordinate with GovTechON leads to identify and validate opportunities across GovTechON to be considered within scope.
  
• Coordinate with GovTechON leads to develop an actionable overarching milestone-based implementation plan to execute on opportunities including timelines resource needs and performance indicators. Note: Directors will be accountable for individual project plans to execute on opportunities within scope.
  
• Manage and monitor the overall milestone-based implementation plan making sure it aligns with strategic goals and that all milestones are completed responsibly.
  
• Provide regular updates and progress reports to executive leadership and stakeholder groups ensuring transparency and accountability for all milestones. Identify risks and develop mitigation strategies to address them proactively.
  
• Develop benefit realization framework and metrics to measure benefits efficiencies and savings. Provide reporting on the achievement of benefits efficiencies and savings.
  
• Facilitate effective communication among all stakeholders ensuring that objectives timelines and changes are clearly conveyed. Work closely with the GovTechON lead to ensure alignment with program objectives.
  

Program Governance & Strategy:

• Risk & Compliance Oversight: Managing RAID logs and ensuring strict adherence to PHIPA and security principles.
  
• Senior Advisory: Providing operational advice on resourcing and financial impacts to the Ministry.
  
• Stakeholder Consensus Building: Facilitating governance meetings and managing "fusion teams" to drive decision-making.
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• Ability to lead multi-stream programs with several concurrent workstreams (rationalization external delivery opportunities).
  
• Knowledge of application rationalization methodologies (e.g. TIME model: Tolerate Invest Migrate Eliminate; Retain/Retire/Re-platform/Reimagine).
  
• Experience developing roadmaps aligned to enterprise architecture and target state definitions.
  
• Demonstrated ability to engage and coordinate across diverse stakeholder groups including senior executives technical leads program owners and partner agencies.
  
• Experience creating value frameworks or benefit models linked to rationalization outcomes (e.g. cost reduction technical debt reduction consolidation benefits risk reduction)
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Public Sector Experience:

• Experience working with municipal provincial or federal government particularly in complex multi-organization environments.
  
• Familiarity with health system operations privacy/security requirements (e.g. PHIPA) and program delivery mandates.
  
• Experience delivering projects requiring cross-organization collaboration particularly where multiple ministries or broader public sector entities are involved.
  

Program Management Experience:

• Ability to lead multi-stream programs with several concurrent workstreams (rationalization external delivery opportunities).
  
• Proven experience in developing and managing milestone-based implementation plans including timelines resource estimates risk registers and performance indicators.
  
• Experience delivering large-scale transformation initiatives modernization programs or portfolio optimization.
  
• Proficiency with risk management change control reporting and executive communications.
  
• Experience working with senior leadership and preparing briefing materials for ADMs/CAOs/executives.
  

Stakeholder & Total Experience:

• Demonstrated ability to engage and coordinate across diverse stakeholder groups including senior executives technical leads program owners and partner agencies.
  
• Experience facilitating cross-organizational decision-making where mandates capabilities and priorities differ.
  
• Strong track record managing complex stakeholder environments including conflict resolution and alignment-building.
  
• Proven ability to translate technical analysis into business decisions that resonate with non-technical executives.
  
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  

IT Strategy & Rationalization:

• Experience conducting application portfolio reviews including assessments of business value functional fit cost risk and technical condition.
  
• Knowledge of application rationalization methodologies (e.g. TIME model: Tolerate Invest Migrate Eliminate; Retain/Retire/Re-platform/Reimagine).
  
• Experience developing roadmaps aligned to enterprise architecture and target state definitions.
  
• Ability to assess and articulate opportunities for modernization consolidation integration or outsourcing/external delivery.
  
• Experience creating value frameworks or benefit models linked to rationalization outcomes (e.g. cost reduction technical debt reduction consolidation benefits risk reduction).
  
• Experience delivering enterprise-wide technology assessments or system modernization strategies.
  

Business Analysis & Transformation:

• Ability to analyze application functionality supporting processes risks and business drivers.
  
• Experience developing business cases options analyses benefits cases or value assessments.
  
• Familiarity with business capability mapping process mapping and functional assessments.
  
• Ability to translate analysis into actionable recommendations and implementation steps.